"American Beauty" Next Colloquium Film Feature for Lebanon Valley College

The five-time Oscar award-winning film will screen April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Allen Theatre

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"American Beauty" will be shown at the Allen Theatre April 26 at 5:30 p.m.

ANNVILLE, PA (04/07/2013)(readMedia)-- HAPPINESS Colloquium film series at Lebanon Valley College will screen the 1999 film "American Beauty" at Annville's Allen Theatre Tuesday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the film is $3 for the public, $1 for non-LVC students, and free for all LVC students with appropriate ID.

While on the outside Lester and Carolyn Burnham are living the perfect life as the perfect husband and wife in the perfect house, inside Lester is hitting his breaking point. He is slipping into a deep depression as he becomes infatuated with his daughter's friend, Angela, who brags about her sexual escapades. While he strives for her attention, he quits his job and begins working in a fast food restaurant. Meanwhile, Carolyn and their daughter, Jane, both fall in love with other men. Jane's love, Ricky, struggles through life with a homophobic father.

The film interweaves several stories to explore several themes including love, homophobia, and happiness. "American Beauty" won a total of five Oscar awards with 86 other wins and nominations throughout the years.

HAPPINESS is a year-long integrated series of guest speakers, roundtable discussions, films and courses that will consider the meaning and importance of happiness as a psychological, physiological, social and cultural phenomenon. It involves presentations by speakers from a number of disciplines who approach the theme from the standpoints of the arts, the wellness of body and mind, the demands of a consumer economy, the expectations and duties of political life, and the broad philosophical questions of human flourishing. On the web at www.lvc.edu/live-calendar.